STORMWEAVER II: EPILOGUE Sneak Peek
Added 2023-06-15 13:00:11 +0000 UTCYuuuup... We made it, peeps...
😅
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Processing combat information.
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Calculating.
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Results:
Strength: Severely Lacking
Endurance: Severely Lacking
Speed: Severely Lacking
Cognition: Severely Lacking
Offense: Severely Lacking
Defense: Severely Lacking
Growth: Severely Lacking
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Checking combat data acquisition.
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Adequate data acquirement met.
Device initiating adjustments to:
Endurance.
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Processing.
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Adjustment complete.
Endurance has been upgraded from Rank C0 to C1.
Victory.
Elation coursed through Viv, so visceral and real it actually hurt to experience as she tensed with excitement, every inch of her screaming in protest at this given the battering it had just received. This was it. This was how she would catch up. She pondered, for a moment there on her back, why this kind of brutal training wasn’t a regular part of User regimen, but then thought better of it. For one thing she could already tell she’d overdone it, and probably wasn’t going to be able to move all weekend, much less tomorrow.
For another… For various unvoiced reasons, Viv was starting to suspect that only members of Firesong were probably capable of this speed of improvement, torturous though the method was…
Anticipation overruled sense, and Viv ignored the scream of her muscles and bones and joints to climb to her feet and face the sparring partner once more. Managing it, she had to catch herself has she stumbled, her vision spinning, and a second later she found herself blinking blearily at the ground, a curious color lightly splattering the otherwise-white floor.
Was that… blood?
The whir of the drone confirmed it for her even before Viv tasted iron and brought a hand to her nose, pulling it away to see wet red darkening the edges of her fingers.
“Well that can’t be good…” she grumbled even as the drone atomized the blood before her eyes, her lips tingling as the scanner swept her face too.
But just the same she straightened and faced the grey man once more.
“Call.”
Comments
Obsessed with that ability name! Especially with an external, like I just picture her being like a figure skater of death gracefully gliding across the arena! 😍
Devin Jaros
2023-06-16 00:25:59 +0000 UTC"Blade Dance" (Speed and Congnition Overclock or extends combat range)
Devin Robinson
2023-06-16 00:05:53 +0000 UTCPretty sure Bryce said he's taking July off.
Samantha Sandlin
2023-06-15 23:01:43 +0000 UTC"Implosion" (Viv's CAD creates a mini black hole that sucks everything towards it !) "Solidified EMP" (Viv's CAD creates an EMP 'spear' that she can hurtle and disable an opponent) "Inhibitor" (Viv's CAD throws a piece of itself that latches onto an enemies joints, inhibiting movement in that joint) ...sorry, had to throw out a few user unique abilities following Calum's comment.
Richard Jackway
2023-06-15 22:49:20 +0000 UTC“User unique ability assigned”
2023-06-15 19:14:28 +0000 UTCI always knew you would make it! Excellent writing! Congrats!
2023-06-15 18:29:56 +0000 UTCInteresting! The team is going to figure out something is up with Viv when she turns up hurt….. like Rei does when he pushes it. Thanks for the sneak preview. I eagerly await tomorrow 🤪
Linda Thompson
2023-06-15 16:42:13 +0000 UTCSeeing a Wraithmarked post this morning on my email made me think it was Friday for about 7 seconds. Truly terrible.
Andrew Omeara
2023-06-15 15:51:06 +0000 UTCGooooo Viv! I always appreciate the sneak peeks. I am almost done rereading all the previous chapters. Yes there is a lot of editing needed spelling wise, adding or removing odd wordage etc. but the book is good. I look forward to buying it. I hope it comes out in an audible version. As a crafter, seamstress and quilter, audible books are my constant companions. Good books are much more entertaining than music to me.
Lyn Shirley
2023-06-15 15:36:18 +0000 UTCCan’t wait for Stormweaver 3 prologue next week 👀
Thomas Lelliott
2023-06-15 15:27:21 +0000 UTCFollow up, that was ok, I was expecting the Bryce special, some extreme cliff hanger.
Grakyn
2023-06-15 14:52:37 +0000 UTCHaven't looked yet, but this is simultaneously the biggest "Ooooooh, can't wait!" and "Do I really want to read this? Maybe I should wait!" of any post so far. My brain is confused, I don't know what to do. I lie, I'm scrolling up, I'm going to do it.
Grakyn
2023-06-15 14:49:15 +0000 UTCInteresting. In book3 does Central just freeze Firesong in an arena and flay them through advancement?!? 😨 Hoping Firesong figures out something more than just edge of life brutality to advance as quickly. Though it wouldn’t help their tactics, team play, and kind of weird it helps their offense.
gratch42
2023-06-15 14:35:13 +0000 UTCYeah, I get that...I just get frustrated by her inability to see the depth of her hypocrisy and how it affects the dynamic of the group. Not a problem with the writing at all, just bugs me, which is not necessarily a bad thing.
kyle walker
2023-06-15 14:32:40 +0000 UTClol you gotta remember dude... this are 18 year old kids 🤣 and I write them like 18 year old kids... -Bryce
Wraithmarked Creative
2023-06-15 14:29:27 +0000 UTCI kept waiting for it to say...emotional maturity: severely lacking. lol
kyle walker
2023-06-15 13:56:26 +0000 UTCI love how Rei, Aria, and Catcher are trying to be furtive about Shido influencing the team's Growth so they don't get Viv's hopes up if they're wrong, and Viv already came to that conclusion on her own.
Adam
2023-06-15 13:29:23 +0000 UTCenjoyed this. look forward to reading the final version. so much material for the next couple books cant wait for them as well.
Lukas
2023-06-15 13:28:35 +0000 UTCLet’s gooo, man I have been enjoying this so much. I used to always think that because of Rei, his friends would slowly see their growth stat rise. I have put it away for a while, because Rei was just influencing all of them. I do still have the feeling that Viv is gonna get a growth stat increase. I really have been hoping we would get to see Viv’s evolution this book with her nee ability. Or something along the lines where this book ends on her getting her ability and you just see Rei and Catcher saying “I have never actually heard of this ability. It doesn’t say user unique, but it must be damn close.” I’m sure you’re gonna do it better than me, but boy have I been imagining dozens of endings for this book with Viv.
Philippe Bekkers
2023-06-15 13:11:59 +0000 UTCMcSCUSE Me?!
Chioke Nelson
2023-06-15 13:05:58 +0000 UTCGannggstttaaaaaa
Darren Dyke
2023-06-15 13:05:28 +0000 UTCSo pumped for tomorrow morning!
Kory Leach
2023-06-15 13:04:37 +0000 UTCI’m happy sad for the epilogue. Good job Bryce!
Amanda
2023-06-15 13:04:28 +0000 UTCAhhhhhhh yeah 😎
Timothy Anciso
2023-06-15 13:04:17 +0000 UTC
